Accra Ghana: Ghana began monitoring air quality in 1996. Over the years, several sectors have collaborated to reduce air pollution caused by transportation and solid waste management, of which 60% is collected.

Furthermore, dust storms from northeast Africa and the extraction of precious minerals from e-waste have prompted the country to install air quality monitors every four km along industrial, residential, and commercial sectors.

A billboard in Kenya’s capital is also live-streaming the city’s air quality.

Today in the air pollution series, Ghana’s acting director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Emmanuel Appoh, discusses how years of air quality monitoring have impacted Ghana’s policy and development goals. What problems has the country faced, and what systems has Ghana put in place to reduce air quality emissions?